The National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province worked with the Provincial People's Committee and judicial agencies before the 8th Session.

Comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee co-chaired.

Attending the meeting were delegates of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province: Major General Tran Duc Thuan - Standing member of the National Defense and Security Committee of the National Assembly; Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province; Thai Thi An Chung - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Tran Nhat Minh - full-time National Assembly delegate and Hoang Thi Thu Hien - Permanent Vice Chairwoman of the Women's Union of Nghe An province.

Also attending the meeting were comrade Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council and leaders of the Office of the National Assembly Delegation - Provincial People's Council, Office of the Provincial People's Committee, departments, branches, judicial agencies and a number of localities and units...

Accompany and support for the development goals of the province

The meeting aimed to grasp the contents related to socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security, and the activities of judicial agencies in the province to prepare for the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly, which will convene at the National Assembly House, scheduled to open on October 21, 2024 and close on November 30, 2024 (conducted in 2 phases: phase 1 from October 21 to November 13, 2024; phase 2 from November 20 to November 30, 2024).

In particular, through the Provincial Delegation of National Assembly Deputies, the Provincial People's Committee proposed contents in the fields of Agriculture, Industry and Trade, Construction; non-budgetary investment; Natural Resources and Environment; Health; Social Insurance, and Home Affairs to the Government, the Prime Minister and relevant ministries and branches.

The Provincial National Assembly Delegation reported on the summary of petitions from voters of Nghe An province before the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly, including 8 petitions under the Central authority and 31 petitions under the provincial authority.

The National Assembly deputies also expressed their opinions on many issues, especially the request that the Provincial People's Committee continue to pay attention to resolving voters' petitions, including those that have not been resolved many times, such as on granting land use right certificates...

Speaking at the meeting, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung informed the Provincial National Assembly Delegation about the socio-economic picture of Nghe An in the first 9 months of this year with many bright colors; in which the growth rate of the total product in the province (GRDP) reached 8.3%, approaching the set scenario of about 8.8 -9%.

In particular, according to the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, from the beginning of 2024 until now, GRDP in each quarter has increased higher than the previous quarter, of which the third quarter increased by 9.38%, achieving the growth scenario for the first time, and with this momentum, the province is very hopeful that GRDP for the whole year will reach 9 - 10%.

In that general economic picture, industry increased by double digits, reaching 15.83%. Budget revenue reached more than 17 trillion VND. Investment attraction continued to achieve important results, as of early October, the province had attracted about 41 trillion VND, of which FDI capital alone reached 1.03 billion USD.

Social security work continues to receive attention, especially the effective implementation of the Program to mobilize and support the construction and repair of houses for the poor and people with housing difficulties in the period 2023 - 2025.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung thanked the Delegation and each individual National Assembly member for actively conveying and proposing issues of Nghe An, especially for contributing to the National Assembly's promulgation of Resolution No. 137/2024/QH15 on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Nghe An province and agreeing to add 1,275 billion VND in investment expenditure for Nghe An province from the increased central budget revenue in 2022 to resolve compensation for site clearance (including the delayed payment) of the National Highway 1A expansion projects through Nghe An province under the central budget tasks arising after these projects are finalized.

Receiving the opinions of the Delegation at the meeting, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that he will continue to direct the maximum settlement of opinions and recommendations of voters under the province's authority; at the same time, he hopes that in the coming time, especially during the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly, the Provincial Delegation of National Assembly Deputies will continue to have opinions to resolve the recommendations proposed by the province.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also hopes that the Provincial National Assembly Delegation will continue to accompany and support the province in working sessions with relevant ministries and branches to concretize specific mechanisms and policies so that when Resolution No. 137/2024/QH15 of the National Assembly takes effect from January 1, 2025, it will be effectively implemented; propose to allow extension of the disbursement time of 1,275 billion VND to resolve compensation for site clearance of National Highway 1A through the province; resolve existing problems and obstacles in compensation, support and resettlement of Ban Ve Hydropower Plant, etc.

Accompanying to solve the province's problems

Concluding the meeting, re-emphasizing the province's working viewpoint of "having a focus, key points, completing each task", Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy - Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation suggested that the Provincial People's Committee continue to focus on resolving the valid opinions and recommendations of voters before the 8th Session and previous contents that have not been resolved, if there are no obstacles due to mechanisms, policies, and legal regulations.

Expressing joy and appreciation for the results achieved by the province in the first 9 months of the year with many convincing figures on growth rate, budget revenue, investment attraction, especially foreign direct investment (FDI), social security under the flexible and dynamic management and direction of the Provincial People's Committee, the Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation requested that in the last 3 months of the year, the Provincial People's Committee strengthen leadership and direction, closely follow the goals, targets and tasks to achieve the highest results this year.

Regarding the 8 remaining problems and difficulties related to the resolution of existing problems and difficulties in compensation, support and resettlement of Ban Ve Hydropower Plant, Comrade Thai Thanh Quy has clearly directed the direction of resolution, determined to remove and resolve them once and for all, not allowing the problems and difficulties to last any longer.

Accordingly, for the contents under the authority of the Provincial People's Committee and the authorities of the related districts of Tuong Duong and Thanh Chuong, focus on resolving them thoroughly.

As for the issues that require policies and resources from the provincial authorities to be resolved, it is necessary to register to work with relevant ministries and branches, especially the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Industry and Trade, EVN and the Deputy Prime Minister in charge during the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly.

The Provincial Party Secretary requested the Provincial People's Committee to assign the Provincial Working Group on resolving existing problems and difficulties related to the Ban Ve Hydropower Project to synthesize all documents and procedures to serve the working sessions of the provincial leaders with the Deputy Prime Minister and ministries and branches during the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly, to have resources and policies to resolve; and any issues that cannot be resolved must be reported to the people specifically.

On that basis, the Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation assigned the Office of the National Assembly Delegation - People's Council to coordinate with the Office of the Provincial People's Committee to arrange work with central agencies on the contents proposed by the Provincial People's Committee such as concretizing Resolution No. 137/2024/QH15 of the National Assembly; extending the disbursement time of 1,275 billion VND for compensation for site clearance to expand National Highway 1A through the province; in compensation, support, resettlement of Ban Ve hydropower plant and issues arising after the 2018 flood.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy requested the Office of the National Assembly Delegation - Provincial People's Council to fully synthesize opinions at the meeting, in conjunction with the report prepared by the Provincial People's Committee as a basis for reporting and reflecting to the National Assembly, the Government, ministries and central branches; synthesize and advise the National Assembly Delegation to closely monitor the settlement of voters' petitions, reflections and proposals before the 8th Session and from previous sessions that have not been completely resolved, especially the contents under the province's jurisdiction.